table tennis

Summary

table tennis is a type of sport^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• table tennis's instance of is recorded as type of sport^[3].
• table tennis is a type of ball game^[4].
• table tennis is a type of racket sport^[5].
• table tennis is a type of Olympic sport^[6].
• table tennis is a type of hobby^[7].
• table tennis is a type of table sports^[8].
• table tennis's Commons category is recorded as Table tennis^[9].
• table tennis's Unicode character is recorded as 🏓^[10].
• table tennis's country of origin is recorded as England^[11].
• 1891 marks the founding of table tennis^[12].
• table tennis's authority is recorded as International Table Tennis Federation^[13].
• table tennis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Table tennis^[14].
• table tennis's Commons gallery is recorded as Table tennis^[15].
• table tennis's described at URL is recorded as https://neal.fun/earth-reviews/table-tennis^[16].
• table tennis's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bouncepingpong.com/about^[17].
• table tennis's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as sport=table_tennis^[18].
• table tennis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• table tennis's minimum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[20].
• table tennis's maximum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}^[21].
• table tennis's uses is recorded as table tennis racket^[22].
• table tennis's uses is recorded as table tennis ball^[23].
• table tennis's uses is recorded as table for table tennis^[24].
• table tennis's uses is recorded as ping pong nets & post^[25].
• table tennis's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'Ping Pong'}^[26].
• table tennis's practiced by is recorded as table tennis player^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

table tennis's instance of is recorded as type of sport^[3]. Recorded subclass of include ball game^[4], racket sport^[5], Olympic sport^[6], hobby^[7], and table sports^[8].

Origins

1891 marks the founding of table tennis^[12].

Influence

Things named for table tennis include ping-pong lemma^[28], a lemma^[29].

Why It Matters

table tennis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

It has been cited as an influence by Gary Plummer^[31], a basketball player^[32], b. 1962^[33], of United States^[34].

Entities named for it include ping-pong lemma^[28], a lemma^[29].

FAQs

Who did table tennis influence?

table tennis has been cited as an influence by Gary Plummer^[31].